Apples and grapes are useful fruits that are widely consumed by humans. These fruits have many pests and diseases, which are controlled by different types of pesticides. Therefore, pesticides enter the human food chain through the consumption of fruits and vegetables an
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Apples and grapes are useful fruits that are widely consumed by humans. These fruits have many pests and diseases, which are controlled by different types of pesticides. Therefore, pesticides enter the human food chain through the consumption of fruits and vegetables and cause health problems. Therefore, monitoring pesticide residues in fruits and vegetable is necessary. In this study, mevinphos and ethion pesticide residues in 24 apple and grape samples collected from Maragheh County of eastern Azerbaijan province were analyzed based on a quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe method combined with Gas Chromatography and mass spectrometry. Moreover, the probabilistic health risk assessment includes non-carcinogenic risk were estimated by hazard quotient using the Monte Carlo Simulation method. The results indicated mevinphos and ethion pesticide residues were detected in 100.00% of the analyzed samples. The ethion residue average in apple and grape samples were 0.08 and 0.09 mg/kg, respectively, which was lower than maximum residue levels (MRL) of Iran. The mevinphos residue average in apple and grape samples were 0.12 and 0.13 mg/kg, respectively, which was above than Iranian MRL. Also, the residues of Ethion and Moinfos in 100% of the apple and grape samples were higher than the MRL of the European Union. Monte Carlo Analysis results indicated that HQ amount with 100 % certainty in children’s and adults were less than 1. Therefore, the consumption of apples and grapes does not pose any significant risk to the health of consumers.
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